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What is exactly beautiful about it? Just like on Google maps, parks are green, water is blue, roads are white… And when it comes to satellite view, Google and even Bing maps are more detailed. When did this alien invasion happen and why don’t I know about it? imageshack us/a/img29/6329/img0364.png And yes, it has finished loading (maps just refuse to load anythign more than what you see there). So, what is beautiful about it?

Over the years, Google maps have become what they are today. The bar has been set. If you don’t have a service which is on par or better, don’t even bother and especially don’t replace it with something worse. Yes, turn-by-turn is a cool feature, but it’s not worth it.

I always hear different excuses why Apple implements certain features later than others. The most common one is: “Because they take their time to improve the feature so in the end their implementation is the best”. But blaming other companies for Apple’s obvious screwup is taking denial to an entirely new level.

no. It’s because apple is run by a bunch of cocky bastards who always think think they can put out a brick and people will buy. Hell even late steve jobs was a cocky ass hole. Go look uo videos on your new YouTube app about how was sayin ba things about Microsoft and not once did bill talk bad about appl or steve

cocky bastards? All right, tell me, how did apple sell billions of their products in just 2 days? And tell me why did people cry and made letters to steve jobs when he passed away? It’s because apple has made a huge impact in the world of technology.

They sold millions, not billions. And the main reason for higher sale numbers is because they started selling it in two more countries compared to the 4S (9 countries instead of 7 countries; addition of Hong Kong and Singapore). In other words, when you leave out Hong Kong and Singapore, iPhone 5’s sales numbers are around the same as 4S’s sales numbers.

In addition to that, Samsung’s S3 was preordered by 9 million people. That’s almost twice as much compared to the 4S. iPhones are being sold like hot cakes, but don’t think how it’s the only hot cake around.

ThisBrian

Apple doesn’t count pre-orders until they deliver so the numbers aren’t even out completely yet.

and im big fan of apple and i got all iOS devices
what its tom-tom maps better then google maps 3D?!!
@twitter-345758163:disqus i font think im said something its to bad i just said “sucks”

Emre SUMENGEN

Would that be a surprise for you?

You’re in an iDevice forum, where iDevice-owners usually read and comment. And, mostly, when someone owns a device, it’s because they looked around and liked it.

And, when you say “IT SUCKS” to something I like, I show my disapproval by pushing that down arrow! (Yes, I already did. I also have Tomtom and it’s a much better navigation app than either Google’s or Apple’s…)

Apple is now trying to “play the victim” and agreeing with everyone that her Maps solution is terribly bad. It’s rare that a company has this kind os reaction, specially when it comes to Apple. If Jobs was alive, he’d have said his Maps sucks, but the others suck as well. Like the Antennagate.

Ugh I’m sick of hearing about Maps. I haven’t had any problems with it at all, I live in the Chicago area. People don’t understand that programs like maps and Siri need actual human error to develop. This means they have to release stuff like this early to work out all of the bugs. Yea, they aren’t fabulous now, but I bet you anything that in a year or two, it’s gonna be the best mapping/voice system on the market.

EpicFacepalm

Ah again, just because you didn’t have a problem doesn’t mean that I shouldn’t have any problem with it too (and vce versa).

I don’t think Jobs would of let any of this stuff to get thru him before releasing!

Viktor_Zweig

Who cares?

ThisBrian

Jobs let things out that customers complained about, so that’s not true. Mobile me, antenna gate just to name a few. Neither one affected me but plenty of complaints.

Kurt

Jobs was an idiot like the rest of us

SoCoMagNuM

Idownloadblog covers more than just Apple products now. Majority is idevices but they do speak of android and windows phones as well as articles dedicated to them. People that have apple tunnel vision need to grow up some and understand theres life beyond apple products.

On topic. I honestly think if they left google maps on the phone and had apple maps as a beta alternative people would use it couple times..have fun with the lil flyover (gimmick cause no one is gonna try to be navigating while trying to play with 3d maps on the fly) then go back to whats been tried and true. They wouldn’t get the feedback they needed to get the service on par. So they forced it down your throat and gave you no choice. I think it will be a while before you see google maps on app store. Apple wants you to guinea pig you to use their software. Take google out of the equation. Thats pretty evident.

Will Google rise to the opportunity?
Google now has a shot at
greatness – Google is fully capable of providing maps, with turn by
turn navigation for iOS within days if not hours. Should Google decide
to so – they will take over the navigation market by storm.
Will Google do so and stick to the “do no evil” motto?
Will Google let petty Android marketing considerations prevent her from dominating the maps business?